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The submission guidelines are clear about this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Use the orig
by danjoc 9y ago
The submission guidelines are clear about this.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Use the original title. I've seen many informative titles smacked by this and made less informative. Here, an informative title is made less informative and clickbaity, with no action taken so far.
- danso 9y agoAgain, the original title was "Flawed reporting about WhatsApp". I'm a frequent reader of this kind of news but I seem to have forgotten that it was the Guardian that caused this kerfluffle. The OP's title is accurate to the content while giving much needed context. The original title makes it seems like the article is about "flawed reporting" in general, which is incorrect.
- danjoc 9y agoThat literally doesn't matter. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13766092 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13766092 The submitter is editorializing.
- SyneRyder 9y agoBut also from the HN guidelines: "If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did."
- danjoc 9y agoI'm under the impression that this refers to the primary point of the comment. But fair enough. I have removed the part of the comment where I indicated I flagged this submission for editorializing in the title.
- captainmuon 9y agoI think we all agree that the submitter changed the title. "Editorializing" is tendentious / slanted, but ok, they editorialized. I think we all know what is written in HN rules. So what, I like the title. I don't think anybody should do anything about it. I think we should all take it easy and enjoy an interesting article.